A busy opening week for Coffee Middle School basketball closed with a split at Community Middle school Friday night.
The CMS Lady Raiders got double-digit effort from 3 different players in the win – a 13-point effort from Lilly Matherne, 12 from Kaysen Morgan and 11 from Jaydee Nogoduula.
The win moves CMS to 3-0 on the young season.
Meanwhile, the Coffee Middle Raider boys finally found some offense but couldn’t pull out the win, falling 40-37 in overtime to the Vikings.
Sixth grader Jaxon Pruitt hit a free throw with no time on the clock to tie the game in regulation and force overtime.
The game was tied 14-14 at half after a scoreless second quarter for Coffee County. The Raiders struggled at the stripe, going 5-for-21.
The Raiders did spread around scoring production, getting points from 8 different players – led by 8 from Jett Trussler (all in the second half) and 7 apiece from Jaxon Pruitt and Jacob Mullen.
Both teams will travel to North Franklin Tuesday, Nov. 1 to return to CTC play.
